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解説 Definition
overstepped は overstep（限度や境界を越える）の過去形・過去分詞です。規則、権限、礼儀など本来越えるべきでない線を踏み越えた状態を表します。
Overstepped is the past-tense and past-participle form of overstep. It means that someone or something went beyond an acceptable boundary, limit, rule, authority, or standard of proper behavior.
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overstepped は原形 overstep「境界・限度を越える」の過去形・過去分詞です。step は短母音＋子音で終わるため p を重ねて -ed を付け、overstepped となります。発音は /ˌoʊvərˈstept/ で -ed は /t/。overstepped a boundary や overstepped the limits という比喩的な組み合わせで覚えます。
Start with overstep: over suggests going beyond, while step gives the image of putting one foot across a line. In the past form, the final p is doubled before -ed, producing overstepped. It is pronounced /ˌoʊvərˈstept/, with -ed realized as /t/. Use the physical picture to remember the common figurative collocations overstepped the boundary, overstepped the limits, and overstepped his authority. The word usually implies that a line should not have been crossed, especially in professional, legal, or personal conduct. Do not confuse it with overstated, which concerns exaggerating what was said.
例文
The manager admitted that his comment had overstepped professional boundaries.
その管理者は、自分の発言が職業上の境界を踏み越えていたと認めました。
The new policy overstepped the limits set by the committee.
その新しい方針は、委員会が定めた限度を踏み越えていました。
She felt the interviewer had overstepped when he asked about her family plans.
彼女は、面接官が家族計画について尋ねた時点で踏み越えていると感じました。
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overstepped の語源・成り立ち Etymology
overstepped は over「越えて」+ stepped「歩いた」で、over は古英語 ofer、step は古英語 steppan に由来します。関連語は step, misstep。もともと「一歩ぶん境界を越える」なので、物理的にも比喩的にも「踏み越えた・度を越した」と理解できます。
Overstepped is the inflected form of overstep, a compound of over and step. Over descends from Old English ofer, while step is related to Old English words for stepping or treading. The compound first presents a literal image of stepping beyond a line and readily develops the figurative sense of exceeding authority, propriety, or a permitted limit. Its past form follows the spelling pattern of step: double the final p and add -ed.
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